macOS 10.14 Mojave on Unsupported Macs Thread

[adibythesea]

I'm back. Since sorting everything out and making sure everything is fully updated, I cannot get the display to sleep or change brightness. I've tried the usual resetting the NVRAM and SMC, checking the activity monitor, checking the display settings, and checking other user accounts where it shows up as well. Is this likely to be a problem with my hardware or is this a Mojave thing?

I'm running a MacBook 5,1 that I just updated to 10.14.6. When I was using the USB post update installer tool, the system hung for roughly 30 seconds when installing the Legacy Video Card Patch before continuing the installation. When the system started up, everything was working fine except I could not adjust the brightness or put the screen to sleep. As I mentioned, I tried all of the usual procedures when troubleshooting a sleep issue. I then tried installing the patches from the USB for a second time, and it did the same thing - hung on the Legacy Video Card Patch and did not fix the issue. I eventually tried to reinstall all the patches from the Patch Updater. The system hung again on the Legacy Video Card Patch (for about two minutes this time) and took a long time rebuilding the kextcache, but it solved the issue.

 

[Eligos]

Is your hdd/ssd formatted APFS if so try running this script in terminal to fix recovery mode

Works well on iMac 8,1 10.14.6
Thanks @jackluke!!!

 

[MacPeet]

https://apps.apple.com/es/app/brightness-slider/id456624497?mt=12

Thank you, but I know this solution. Unfortunately, this solution is not native.

Hello @MacPeet
I also have iMac8,1 and I found the solution (without using Brightness Slider.app) here are the links to my previous message #15477 and #16717. I followed message #11156 from @dosdude1 but didn't work on iMac8,1.

For iMac8,1 only replace the file "DisplayServices.framework" contained in "/S/L/PrivateFrameworks" and repair permissions (maybe it works on machines other than iMac8,1 but I could not test)

1. Download the archive below and unzip it.
2. Search for "DisplayServices.framework" in /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks and Back it up.
3. Then replace "DisplayServices.framework" with the one contained in the archive you just unzipped.
4. open the Terminal and enters the following commands (to repair permissions):

sudo chmod -R 755 /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/DisplayServices.framework
sudo chown -R 0:0 /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/DisplayServices.framework

5. After reboot the brightness control works with F1/F2 keyboard keys

It works with .3 .4 .5 and .6 (not tested on .1 and .2)

Thank you very much, this solution works perfectly. The set value is also stored in nvram. Perfect.


@0403979
BlueSky works perfectly on 10.14.6 Thank you very much.
I'll try Catalina.

 

[Alex Crane]

Hello I have Macbook Pro 17" 2011 8,3 .......I have done the sleep wake modification on the board.

@macattack600
Hello. I have Macbook Pro 17" 2011 8,3 too. Do you have sleep/wake working? How did you do this? What modification did you make?

I have Mojave 10.14.6 installed. I have brightness buttons working, I have iSight camera working. Only sleep/wake doesn`t work and that makes me sad.

 

[briguy007]

Hey! Hey! I just finished a clean install of 10.14.6 (18G87) on my MacPro 3,1 with Nvidia GTX 680.

While the GPU shows metal support & the UI is quite snappy. I'm not seeing any hardware acceleration with video playback (H.264 / MPEG2) in QuickTime, Photos, or EyeTV. It looks like it's all being done through software & causing frames to drop.

I've spent some time scouring to see if this has already been answered. Is there a simple step I'm missing? Thanks!

 

[Pralaya]

@dosdude1 something wrong new Night Shift Patch. I installed but every restart this pop up coming and asking me re-install again I did two times but it never stop still asking me re-install. Whats going on?

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May you should shut-off the automatic update installation option.

 

[whichweather]

see if the works replace this in /System/Library/PrivateFramworks -Versions A folder also there is a free app called the brightness slider in the App Store make sure you have the display brightness in system preference set all the way just use the brightness slider to adjust the brightness this what I use on my iMac 9,1

Sorry for the late reply and thank you for your suggestion for the iMac 9,1.

1. Replacing the file in the library didn't work.
2. The Brightness Slider app, worked.

To note: Adjusting the brightness setting via the keyboard always reverted the backlight level to the lowest possible value. Using the Brightness Slider 'slider,' overrides this level. Interestingly, when the slider is adjusted to the maximum value, the display returns to its lowest brightness level.
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Thank you very much, this solution works perfectly. The set value is also stored in nvram. Perfect.

Can you confirm the device on which this worked? Thanks!

 

[bmillz]

Hey! Hey! I just finished a clean install of 10.14.6 (18G87) on my MacPro 3,1 with Nvidia GTX 680.

While the GPU shows metal support & the UI is quite snappy. I'm not seeing any hardware acceleration with video playback (H.264 / MPEG2) in QuickTime, Photos, or EyeTV. It looks like it's all being done through software & causing frames to drop.

I've spent some time scouring to see if this has already been answered. Is there a simple step I'm missing? Thanks!

I’m having the same issue across both of my devices (MBA w/ HD Graphics 3000 and iMac with upgraded GTX 770m). I talked to @cheechxxx and he said the last version that had proper hw decoding/encoding support for him was 10.14.3. I do have 10.14.6 on my MacBook Air and Kodi’s hw decoding works but that’s it.

 

[GilDev]

Hey everyone,

Having a problem with my MacBookPro8,1. I *think* I was on 10.14.3 and I guess macOS decided to update itself (before that I was reporting updates later). Now of course it won’t boot. Does someone know what I can do before reinstalling everything? (got a modified WiFi card to use AirDrop and everything so that maybe complicate things a bit but whatever) I attach some of the boot logs I was able to capture.
After all that stuff, the screen goes black with a static cursor in the top left corner and every 10s it prints this before clearing again:
“IOConsoleUsers: time(0) 0->0, lin 0, llk 1,
IOConsoleUsers: gIOScreenLockState 3, hs 0, bs 0, now 0, sm 0x0”

Thanks to anyone who will look at this!

 

[LuisN]

Hey everyone,

Having a problem with my MacBookPro8,1. I *think* I was on 10.14.3 and I guess macOS decided to update itself (before that I was reporting updates later). Now of course it won’t boot. Does someone know what I can do before reinstalling everything? (got a modified WiFi card to use AirDrop and everything so that maybe complicate things a bit but whatever) I attach some of the boot logs I was able to capture.
After all that stuff, the screen goes black with a static cursor in the top left corner and every 10s it prints this before clearing again:
“IOConsoleUsers: time(0) 0->0, lin 0, llk 1,
IOConsoleUsers: gIOScreenLockState 3, hs 0, bs 0, now 0, sm 0x0”

Thanks to anyone who will look at this!

try booting from the usb installer and reapply patches for your Mac model.

 

[hrvatko]

You can install it with macOS Patcher 2.4 (link in my bio). It's been tested and confirmed to work by a few people, including me (the developer).

Thank you! Great job!
I have installed and patched it without a problem. Everything works so far, except: iSight and some animations (like Lunchpad) are lagging (isnt accelerated). But I assume, this is because of OpenGL graphics which arent supported by Intel X3100 kext driver (or by card itself)?
If this so, is there a solution for disabling OpenGL or OSX animations globally, like you can do on Android OS in developer tools?
Or maybe I need to re-apply the patch? Or do something else to get accelerated? Was this (OpenGL problem) ever been solved on this card?
I cant find answers to anything because the link you provided on first page is dead
BTW, sorry, I have been off topic since Mountain Lion

 

[K two]

Fun it was

 

[Alex Crane]

@macattack600
Hello. I have Macbook Pro 17" 2011 8,3 too. Do you have sleep/wake working? How did you do this? What modification did you make?

I have Mojave 10.14.6 installed. I have brightness buttons working, I have iSight camera working. Only sleep/wake doesn`t work and that makes me sad.

Answering to myself:
What I`ve done:
1. Updated macOS to Mojave 10.14.6 using latest patcher.
2. Applied all recommended patches in Post Install
3. Booted in Single User Mode
4. Removed only AMDRadeonX3000.kext from /System/Library/Extensions/
5. DO NOT used "MacBook Pro dGPU disabler"
6. Applied both patches from BlueSky 1.1
7. DO NOT loaded AMDRadeonX3000.kext after login

Now I have everything working including brightness control, NightShift, Siri, sleep/wake, reboot, light scheme.

Looking forward to Catalina ;-)

 

[GilDev]

try booting from the usb installer and reapply patches for your Mac model.

Made a brand new patched USB installer but it won't boot either, I attach the boot log. The last lines repeat forever.

 

[TimothyR734]

Made a brand new patched USB installer but it won't boot either, I attach the boot log. The last lines repeat forever.

Do you have another older macOS Mojave Patcher that is older I would run first aid using disk utility and are you APFS or HFS Extended Journaled on your HDD/SSD
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Sorry for the late reply and thank you for your suggestion for the iMac 9,1.

1. Replacing the file in the library didn't work.
2. The Brightness Slider app, worked.

To note: Adjusting the brightness setting via the keyboard always reverted the backlight level to the lowest possible value. Using the Brightness Slider 'slider,' overrides this level. Interestingly, when the slider is adjusted to the maximum value, the display returns to its lowest brightness level.
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Can you confirm the device on which this worked? Thanks!

You Need to keep the Display setting at full in system preference as this overrides the Brightness slider
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Answering to myself:
What I`ve done:
1. Updated macOS to Mojave 10.14.6 using latest patcher.
2. Applied all recommended patches in Post Install
3. Booted in Single User Mode
4. Removed only AMDRadeonX3000.kext from /System/Library/Extensions/
5. DO NOT used "MacBook Pro dGPU disabler"
6. Applied both patches from BlueSky 1.1
7. DO NOT loaded AMDRadeonX3000.kext after login

Now I have everything working including brightness control, NightShift, Siri, sleep/wake, reboot, light scheme.

Looking forward to Catalina ;-)

Light Mode has been fixed in Catalina

 

[hibrad2003]

Hopefully someone can give me a little insight into what I am doing wrong. Trying to get Mojave on a early 2009 mac mini (3,1)
With DosDude1's tool. Keep getting stuck at the apple logo with a progress bar that never moves past 0% after selecting the flash drive.
Same flash drive was used with his tool to upgrade to High Sierra.
Have tried 2 other flash drives, 1 that was USB2.0 16gb and a second 32gb usb 3.0, doesn't matter always gets stuck at 0%
Have tried downloading Mojave several times both from official source (app store on my 2018 MBP) and using his tool
Have tried an older version of the tool just for giggles
Any ideas?

 

[antony34]

Light Mode has been fixed in Catalina

No need to apply patch now?

i have not yet to test Catalina in my iMac 10,1

 

[avz]

Hopefully someone can give me a little insight into what I am doing wrong. Trying to get Mojave on a early 2009 mac mini (3,1)
With DosDude1's tool. Keep getting stuck at the apple logo with a progress bar that never moves past 0% after selecting the flash drive.
Same flash drive was used with his tool to upgrade to High Sierra.
Have tried 2 other flash drives, 1 that was USB2.0 16gb and a second 32gb usb 3.0, doesn't matter always gets stuck at 0%
Have tried downloading Mojave several times both from official source (app store on my 2018 MBP) and using his tool
Have tried an older version of the tool just for giggles
Any ideas?

Probably an obvious suggestion but have you tried using a different USB port?

 

[TimothyR734]

No need to apply patch now?

i have not yet to test Catalina in my iMac 10,1

no there is a patch just like for Mojave

 

[hibrad2003]

Probably an obvious suggestion but have you tried using a different USB port?

Yeah but thanks for chiming in... doesnt seem to matter what port

 

[iAMmeStyle]

Hi everyone,
This is a 680 pages of discussion! It's kind of hard to see if someone has the same issue as I am facing.

I have a late 2009 i7 2.8GHz iMac with Mojave 10.14.6. All my CR2 files(RAW from Canon EOS 70D) display as lines in Finder, but thumbnails previews are correct.

Quicklook has the same issue. I can import to Photos and the pictures can be displayed correctly for 10-20 seconds then turn to the same issue. The only way to see the files is to view them in my Lightroom app.(Lightroom 5.7.1)

I am not sure if it's a known issue or I did something wrong. Does anyone have the same problem and have a solution? Thank you.

 

[LuisN]

Yeah but thanks for chiming in... doesnt seem to matter what port

Did you try with different brand of USB pen? I get the most successful results with the following:

Especially with the LEXAR ones. Never failed me

 

[hibrad2003]

Did you try with different brand of USB pen? I get the most successful results with the following:
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Especially with the LEXAR ones. Never failed me

Yes, as mentioned in the original post, tried three different ones. And one of them worked just fine with the High Sierra patching utility....its something specific to my mac, and the Mojave patcher.

 

[GilDev]

Do you have another older macOS Mojave Patcher that is older I would run first aid using disk utility and are you APFS or HFS Extended Journaled on your HDD/SSD

Sadly no, I don't. It was a clean install so I'm pretty sure it's APFS on my SSD.
It's quite bad if I can't even boot on the patched install drive to make a clean install… I guess I can still boot on a vanilla High Sierra drive or over network but that's not the point.

 

[0403979]

Thank you! Great job!
I have installed and patched it without a problem. Everything works so far, except: iSight and some animations (like Lunchpad) are lagging (isnt accelerated). But I assume, this is because of OpenGL graphics which arent supported by Intel X3100 kext driver (or by card itself)?
If this so, is there a solution for disabling OpenGL or OSX animations globally, like you can do on Android OS in developer tools?
Or maybe I need to re-apply the patch? Or do something else to get accelerated? Was this (OpenGL problem) ever been solved on this card?
I cant find answers to anything because the link you provided on first page is dead
BTW, sorry, I have been off topic since Mountain Lion

Enable reduce motion in system preferences accessibility settings. Here’s a script that should disable a lot of animations too. It’s a bit old so not sure how well it works on current versions. Paste all of this in terminal.

defaults write -g NSAutomaticWindowAnimationsEnabled -bool false
defaults write -g NSScrollAnimationEnabled -bool false
defaults write -g NSWindowResizeTime -float 0.001
defaults write -g QLPanelAnimationDuration -float 0
defaults write -g NSScrollViewRubberbanding -bool false
defaults write -g NSDocumentRevisionsWindowTransformAnimation -bool false
defaults write -g NSToolbarFullScreenAnimationDuration -float 0
defaults write -g NSBrowserColumnAnimationSpeedMultiplier -float 0
defaults write com.apple.dock autohide-time-modifier -float 0
defaults write com.apple.dock autohide-delay -float 0
defaults write com.apple.dock expose-animation-duration -float 0
defaults write com.apple.dock springboard-show-duration -float 0
defaults write com.apple.dock springboard-hide-duration -float 0
defaults write com.apple.dock springboard-page-duration -float 0
defaults write com.apple.finder DisableAllAnimations -bool true
defaults write com.apple.Mail DisableSendAnimations -bool true
defaults write com.apple.Mail DisableReplyAnimations -bool true